Headline: 
Protect Lebanon Street Residents – Stop Essendon Fields Expansion Impacts

Petition text:
We, the undersigned residents and supporters, call on the Federal Government, the Department of Infrastructure, and Essendon Fields Airport Pty Ltd (EAPL) to immediately protect Lebanon Street homes from the impacts of the Hart Precinct development.

The new Autex facility has already caused unacceptable noise, lighting, privacy, and traffic impacts on our residential street — just metres from family homes. Essendon Fields’ reliance on a 2013 Master Plan (overdue for renewal by five years) means residents are being left without enforceable protections, while further warehouses, cafés, and access points are being proposed.

We demand:
 1. Immediate protections – floodlight shields, overnight lights off, temporary solid fence at the dock area, and confirmation of operating hours.
 2. Enforceable 2025 commitments – installation of an acoustic boundary fence and evergreen screening (minimum 4m advanced stock).
 3. No Lebanon Street access – no vehicle, pedestrian, or bike path access into Essendon Fields from our street.
 4. Independent oversight – EPA baseline noise/air-quality testing and AS/NZS 4282 lighting audits.
 5. Master Plan renewal – immediate commencement of the overdue Essendon Fields Master Plan review, with genuine resident consultation and protections written in.

Silence is not neutrality — it is complicity. Residents deserve not just engagement but real action to protect our homes, health, and community